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Wild West
noun
- the western frontier region of the U.S., before the establishment of stable government.
Wild West
noun
- the western US during its settlement, esp with reference to its frontier lawlessness
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Wild West1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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“It's kind of the Wild West out there.”
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“We’re in the Wild West of AI, where it’s like no one knows what to do, and everyone’s just doing anything,” she said.
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"That lack of public protection... means the toxicity continues to fester and rise. It's the Wild West out there and I can't see it getting better when this has been normalised to such an extent."
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"It's the Wild West out there," he says.
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"It's beginning to feel like the Wild West up here when it comes to sheep crime - it's soul-destroying," says farmer Colin Abel, scanning his flock high up on west Dartmoor farmland.
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